diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b0d6806..eaf9c48 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ option(WITH_FRONTENDS  "Build frontends currently only useful if WITH_SNORE_DEAM
 option(WITH_GROWL_BACKEND "Build the Growl backend" ON)
 option(WITH_SNORE_DEAMON "Build the Snore deamon, which redirects notifications" OFF)
 option(WITH_QT4 "Use Qt4" ON)
-option(WITH_KDE "Try to build with KDE support if available" ON)
 option(WITH_FREEDESKTOP_FRONTEND "Build the freedesktop frontend" OFF)
 #######################################################################
 
@@ -31,10 +30,12 @@ set(SNORE_CamelCase_SUFFIX "")
 if(WITH_QT4)
     find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
     include_directories( ${QT_INCLUDES} )
+    include(NoKDE)
 else()
-    if(WITH_KDE)
-        find_package(ECM 0.0.9 NO_MODULE)
-    endif()
+    find_package(ECM 0.0.9 NO_MODULE REQUIRED)
+    set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
+    include(KDECompilerSettings)
+
     find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
     find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
     find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
@@ -45,16 +46,6 @@ else()
     set(SNORE_CamelCase_SUFFIX "Qt5")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT ECM_FOUND)
-    include(NoKDE)
-else()
-    set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
-    include(KDECompilerSettings)
-    add_definitions(-DHAVE_KDE5)
-    set(KDE5_FOUND TRUE)
-    find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS CoreAddons I18n)
-endif()
-
 find_package(Doxygen)
 
 if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e3d43f8..19bb9b3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ if(WITH_SNORE_DEAMON)
     add_executable( snorenotify WIN32 main.cpp snorenotify.cpp trayicon.cpp ${SNORENOTIFY_DEAMON_DEPS})
     target_link_libraries( snorenotify libsnore ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} )
 
-    if(KDE5_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries( snorenotify KF5::CoreAddons KF5::I18n)
-    endif()
-
     install(TARGETS snorenotify RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
                               LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
                               ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 16ca4e5..8cc1d28 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <QApplication>
 
-
-
-#ifdef HAVE_KDE5
-#include <KAboutData>
-#include <KI18n/KLocalizedString>
-#endif
-
-
-
 int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
     QApplication app ( argc, argv );
@@ -21,13 +12,6 @@ int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
     app.setOrganizationName("SnoreNotify");
     app.setApplicationVersion(Snore::Version::version());
 
-#ifdef HAVE_KDE5
-    KAboutData about("SnoreNotify","SnoreNotify",Snore::Version::version(),
-                     i18n("A notification deamon."),KAboutLicense::LGPL_V3, i18n("Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Patrick von Reth <vonreth@kde.org>"));
-
-    KAboutData::setApplicationData(about);
-#endif
-
     SnoreNotify sn;
     return app.exec();
 }